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Willie Taggart, Oregon

Taggart went 7-5 in his first season at Oregon, but his ties to Florida have him thought of as Florida State's No. 1 choice to replace Jimbo Fisher. Taggart helped turn around South Florida before taking the Oregon job last year.

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Justin Fuente, Virigina Tech

After going 19-6 in two seasons at Memphis, Fuente moved on to Virginia Tech and led the Hokies to their first ACC Championship game in five seasons last year. He went 10-4 at Virginia Tech in 2016 and is 9-3 this season. He's rumored to be one of the top candidates for the Florida State job.

Leach has turned Washington State into a Pac-12 contender and he likes it in Pullman, Wash., but a job in the SEC (Tennessee or Arkansas?) might be too much for him to pass up. Tennessee was rumored to have agreed to a deal with Leach before the Volunteers fired their athletic director Friday.

Venables has been a successful defensive coordinator at Oklahoma and now Clemson, but he won't settle for just any job. He'd have to be tempted by one of the big-name jobs in the SEC, though, or maybe Florida State?

The results are hard to argue. Kiffin took over a Florida Atlantic team that went 3-9 for three straight seasons and went 9-3 in his first year. Would any big-time college football program trust Kiffin to lead their team though?

Steele was a disaster at Baylor, going 1-31 in the Big 12 from 1999 to 2002. Since then, he's rebuilt his reputation as a defensive coach at Florida State, Alabama, Clemson, LSU and now Auburn. At 59 years old, the only job he probably could get is Tennessee, where he starred as a player. According to reports, Tennessee reached out to Steele.

At 64 years old, Miles would be a tough hire for anyone, but he's been rumored to be interested in returning to coaching.

Les Miles

At 64 years old, Miles would be a tough hire for anyone, but he's been rumored to be interested in returning to coaching.

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Frank Wilson, UTSA

Wilson has only been at UTSA for two seasons, but he'll have the Roadrunners in a bowl game for the second straight season. He was a top recruiter in the SEC at LSU, but is he ready for an SEC head coaching job?

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Bret Bielema

After some success at Arkansas, he fell flat and finished with a 29-34 record there before being fired. He has a big personality and a proven track record though and could possibly fit somewhere like Nebraska.

The Utes had a bit of a down year this season, but Whittingham is a great coach. He's been at Utah for 13 seasons and has had offers to leave before, so it would take one of the top jobs in the country to woo him away.

Baldwin was rumored to be getting the Oregon State job, but that went to Washington offensive coordinator Jonathan Smith. Baldwin?had great success in nine seasons as a head coach at Eastern Washington where he won an FCS national championship, and he's had a good first year as the California offensive coordinator.

Brohm has only been at Purdue for one year so it may not be ready to bolt, but he's already turned the Boilermakers into a bowl team. Tennessee was reportedly interested in Brohm, but he turned them down.